We've come to the conclusion that out of the eight ewes that we had wanted bred, Limpy the ram was only able to impregnate two, resulting in three very healthy, beautiful lambs. I believe the reason why our friend Lorna believed seven of the eight were bred is because that they were nice and fat, since we generally feed our sheep very well. I felt for certain that Dorothy had triplets because of her size. We're very happy she had two such wonderful lambs, but even now she still looks pregnant with one. We've just been giving them too much corn & alfalfa. Anyway, all are now happily busy grazing on lush, green grass in our new East Field. The West Field still needs much work.

The above photo is of one of our quince shrubs. What is so wonderful about it and the crab apple trees, in addition to their blossoms, is the sound of all the buzzing bumble bees busy pollinating and obtaining nectar. As I had mentioned before, we are very fortunate to have so many bumble bees servicing our flowering bushes and trees since we do not have any honey bees in visiting us any more. I also was unable to see any of the tiny half inch long wasps for several days now. I wonder what has happened to them.

We are around 10 days ahead of last year with regard to foliage and grass growth. Our spring has certainly been very mild and so was this past winter. The temperature never reached zero deg. Fahrenheit. Matter of fact, that hasn't been the case for several winters now. Before 2000 our winter temperatures would hit minus 10 about three to four times a season. In the valley, less than two miles from the house, the temperatures would drop down to over minus 30 degrees. The climate is certainly changing and quickly at that.